Chapter XL: Canto XIII

In years the chief united the districts, Stood and defended the reports of the land [Which,] rising north, swept south in his island. [He] established the sacred temple of Lono And published relief for the distressed, 610. Removing the defilement of his land, Thus obliterating the distress of his land. The time of restless wandering is past, The fears are displaced by universal peace; Purifying the land, the living is in comfort, 615. Tranquility pervades the masses, Silence prevails. The chief changes; what is the chief doing? What indeed is the chief doing in front? [He is] standing to inquire of the gods, 620. To recompense the lords, Piikua together with Leiau. They were instructors of the day and night lessons. The companions showed the kapu observances, Carefully [instructing] till the chief was proficient. 625. Kauai heard it at Papaenaena, At Hanahananui Laniakea, At the house adjoining the land of Wakea people. Sea waves are the teeth of Ku. Dark clouds are the eyes of Ku. 630. Of Kapilikea, Kapilikea treading his island, Spreading the spider-web For the spider’s eradication of all ills. Swept is the island of trouble makers, Clearly plain is the welfare of the land, 635. The chief has established his authority, Planted the food, restricted [it till] ripe, broke the sugar cane, The bananas ripen, pigs are raised, The dogs fattened, the cock’s spurs sharpened, The awa ripens, the wauke has fruited. 640. Plant the coconut of the chief, The coconut of Kane-i-honua. Radiating the length of Hawaii Houses stand apart in pairs, [As] in the time of Wakea’s reign. 645. Great Wakea was the land’s life of the chief Haloa, Hawaii was part of his flesh, At the foundation of the land. They ate and were nauseated; They were surfeited with wealth; 650. The store houses were filled: There was no space for garments, The calabashes were stored within With the prolific gourd of Kama. Seen covering houses and trees in growth, 655. Gourd-hanging wiliwili at Naalehu, Growing and fruiting on the trees. The chief wielding the weapon strikes squarely on Hanakahi, Breaking Hilo’s brains, oozing slippery at the thrust, [At] the slopes of Halai. 660. Paikaka is linked in companionship, Struck with the kapa beater the alaea water overflowed. Blood flowed, flowed below the wet land, Changing correctly the sacrifice, That the sacrifice for Hilo [might] be acceptable. 665. The sacred awa borne in procession, With morning [gathered] awa, As [an] offering for sanctification To enlarge the power of the god [To] curse contending forces, 670. Those many composers That informed him. Kona heard; The stones were at once arranged in order, Arranged from morn till noon, At evening was seen some fruit of their labors, 675. The fat oopu, The okuhekuhe inhabiting streams, An offensive fish of an offensive pond. On the day following their disbelief, We took, with my chief, 680. Took the authority with the land. The chief possessed the flat land, Possessing even to the shore. They had no land to be lorded over. Thou wilt lord the floats of sea moss 685. On the sea-foam. Movable has become the district, Unstable is the land by those fleeing; Like mixed arrowroot the tongue is disjointed, The dark paddle of the lips. 690. The boasting mouth has arisen, The words of reply have passed, Wakea has become parent, Removed to the grassy nest. They are stripped in the mountain, 695. Huddling at the summit, Covered with leaf-joined garments, Twisting uneasily in the sand Like a worm wiggling in the dust, Dust was the warming garment 700. Of the many composers here.